Just reading this article over at the PC Magazine Web site about the 10 dumbest gadgets for the home. Sort of funny when you read something like this, secretly hoping that none of your recent purchases made the list.

Included is a motorized sprayer, a doorbell that plays mp3 files, and a retractable ceiling fan.

And then there’s the hanging alarm clock:

For decades designers have come up with different ways for us to wake: vibrations, wind chimes, mood lighting, and “explosive” sounds. But the Hanging Alarm Clock ($39) certainly takes the cake as one of the most ridiculous alarm clocks ever. The clock is designed to be suspended from the ceiling above your bed. When the alarm goes off (to the tune of the Close Encounters of the Third Kind theme song, no less), you have to reach up to hit the snooze button, and the clock will retract upwards. The idea is that you’ll have to keep reaching up to turn off the alarm clock until you’re out of bed anyway.